An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the recently launched IPv6 format and it consists of 8 groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include four sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the sheer number of IPs that may be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain address where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system which the service provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your Internet site with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Website Hosting
If you'd like to create a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted in your website hosting account, it won't take you more than several simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive to use and is going to permit you to create or edit every record without difficulty. As soon as you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you will simply have to click on the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down menu in the pop-up that will show up, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it is as easy as that. The new record is going to be 100% functioning within only 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. When required, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds that the new record will be working after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to set up an AAAA record for a domain name you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have created, it will take you only a few clicks inside the Hepsia CP to do that. Even when you have never had a hosting account before, you won't face any problems because you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All DNS records for your domain names will be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so as soon as you go there, you will see all records which have been created automatically or manually and you are going to be able to create a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A small pop-up shall appear, so with a couple of mouse clicks you can choose the type of record that you need and for which domain or subdomain it will be set up. Then, just paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the change and an hour later the new AAAA record will be fully live. As an optional setting, you can select how long this record will be active after you change it or delete it in the future. This is actually the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the standard 3600 seconds when the other service provider requires it.